Which plants would be suitable to include in a vivarium housing dart frogs?

With many amphibians, and particularly dart frogs, it is quite easy to
create and maintain a naturalistic setting. Large-scale specialist
planted vivaria of this type are popular in the Netherlands and Germany,
although you can achieve a similar effect on a smaller scale using
Hagen’s Exo-Terra enclosures.

Obviously, you need to try
to match the plants to the conditions in the vivarium, which in this
case will be basically warm and humid. The lighting requirements of the
plants are also important, because this type of enclosure will not be
brightly-lit, mimicking the surrounding in the rain forest where these
stunning frogs are to be found.

If you hope to breed your dart
frogs, then you will need to include bromeliads in their vivarium. These
plants are often epiphytes, growing off branches, and have a central
cup where rainwater accumulates. The dart frogs deposit their tadpoles
in this water. Choose relatively small bromeliads to include in the
vivarium, and keep the central cup filled with dechlorinated water.

Other
plants should be selected so they too will not rapidly outgrow the
enclosure. They can be set in pots, rather than planted, with the pot
itself being concealed by vivarium decor and moss. Be sure to remove
dead leaves, before they start to become mouldy. Avoid using fertilisers
for the plants in the vivarium too, as these can be harmful to the
occupants by raising the level of nitrogen.